Media highlights

We issued 216 media releases and media alerts across metropolitan, local and specialist media platforms, and provided 63 formal responses on behalf of the Mayor and/or Council to enquiries from media outlets and individual journalists.

July 2019

Carss Park Pool closure Councillor Charity Ball Public art installed at Hurstville Plaza Launch of e-Track to assist with online DA tracking Meade Park adventure playground opens National Tree Day

August 2019

Kogarah War Memorial Pool (Carss Park Pool closure) New rate structures to provide equity to ratepayers Making finals of Cities Power Partnership Awards for Hurstville Aquatic Centre hydropanel project Rainbow storytime at Georges River libraries

September 2019

Mayor Greene re-elected alongside new Deputy Mayor Sydney Fringefest comes to Hurstville Oatley Inclusive Adventure Playground opens Peakhurst Park synthetic field opens Myles Dunphy Boardwalk opens Carss Park Naturalisation Project opens

October 2019

Rates consultation – Changes to your rates Scott Morrison visits the Carss Park Naturalisation Project Georges River Aquatic Strategy on public exhibition Georges River Art Prize Council takes stand against domestic violence Council recognised at committee for Sydney Smart City Awards 2019 Sydney Sixers return to Hurstville Oval Graffiti removal day

November 2019

Rates consultation – Changes to your rates Georges River Aquatic Strategy on public exhibition Georges River Council domestic violence walk ChillOUT Hubs installed Netstrata Stadium to host to the Sharks in 2020 Magic of Christmas Festival certified as carbon neutral Council cleans up with top awards at graffiti removal day Georges River Council becomes first council to get on board the NSW Government’s Local Procurement Pilot Program

December 2019

Library of Things launched Magic of Christmas festival Lunar New Year Festival certified as carbon neutral True Women Leadership conference Doing it Differently Grants provide $200,000 in funding to local organisations Dover Park gangway upgrade Council sets target of net-zero emissions by 2025 Solar panels installed at Kogarah Library and Ken Roswell Tennis Courts Christmas Lights competition Georges River Aquatic Strategy on public exhibition Kempt Field Adventure Playground opens Harold Fraser Oval Clubhouse opens

January 2020

Australia Day Festival Lunar New Year Festival Australia Day award winners revealed Former Oatley Bowling Club site to become open space

February 2020

Libraries launch dyslexia collection ChillOUT Hubs officially opened Council adds first electric vehicles and charging stations to its fleet

March 2020

Changes to Council events due to coronavirus Council meetings to move online in response to COVID-19 Council takes action to assist businesses impacted by COVID-19 Council’s small act of kindness lifts spirits of jobseekers at Hurstville Centrelink September local government elections postponed

April 2020

Councillors ‘adopt’ a healthcare worker Draft LEP exhibition Georges River Youth awards Free parking for St George Hospital healthcare workers Council shouts healthcare workers a coffee Councillors suspend one-million-dollar discretionary ward fund Childcare centres face uncertain future due to COVID-19 impacts

May 2020

Council develops Reputation Strategy for Georges River area Kogarah Library renamed Clive James Library Exhibition of Draft LEP extended due to COVID-19 Council to undertake second consultation on rate harmonisation New women’s refuge opens in the Georges River LGA Council approves Economic and Social Recovery Plan Council provides Kingsgrove Community Centre for use as a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic Council donates 10,000 face masks to community groups and aged care facilities

June 2020

Inclusive adventure playgrounds at Penshurst Park, Simpson Reserve and Paddy Tyler Reserve open Council adopts new Library Strategy Hurstville Museum and Gallery reopens with Artbomb exhibition Council has five finalists in Local Government Excellence Awards Council moves to online DAs Council votes in favour of further investigating the feasibility of an aquatic facility at Todd Park New Oatley West Early Learning Centre ready to open Striking artworks lead the revitalisation of Hurstville public spaces

Oatley West Early Learning Centre

Artist Mandy Salter, a.k.a. MAN.De in front of her mural on the corner of Dora and MacMahon Street, Hurstville